The blind nasotracheal aspiration method is not a useful tool for pathogen detection of pneumonia in children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Tao ^a   Black, Steven ^b   Hao, Chuangli ^c   Ding, Yunfang ^c   Ji, Wei ^c   Chen, Rong ^a   Lin, Yuzun ^a   Eskola, Juhani ^d   Shinefield, Henry ^e   Knoll, Maria Delorian ^f   Zhao, Genming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NASOTRACHEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BREATHING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUCTION;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SUCTION;

EID: 78650826386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015885     Document Type: Article

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